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Polk County commissioners weigh large increases to warehouse, industrial transportation impact fees
Summary
Polk County Board of County Commissioners on Feb. 18 held a workshop on proposed changes to transportation impact fees that would significantly raise charges for warehouse and industrial development, citing rising construction costs and heavier truck impacts on roads.
Polk County—oard of County Commissioners on Feb. 18 held a workshop on proposed changes to transportation impact fees that would significantly raise charges for warehouse and industrial development, citing rising construction costs and heavier truck impacts on roads.
The county eputy county manager, John Bodie, told commissioners the staff and consultant prepared several options, each of which would require a four-of-five vote to invoke "extraordinary circumstances" and put higher fees in place faster than the statutory phase-in schedule. "If you don't have 4 votes... it'll stay at the current phasing schedule," Bodie said, noting state law also requires a 90-day notice period before new fees take effect.
Why it matters: transportation impact fees pay for capacity-related road projects in Polk's capital improvement program.…
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